CVE-2015-0259

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    CVE-2015-0259

    Published: 1 Apr 2015Last Modified: 7 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4, 2014.2.x before 2014.2.3, and kilo before kilo-3 does not validate the origin of websocket requests, which allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for access to consoles via a crafted webpage.

    References: http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-March/000341.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0790.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0843.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0844.html, https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1409142

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High